April 26, 2021 GMT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has reduced the salary of a St. Louis lawmaker who was censured after being accused of having sex with a Capitol intern and lying during the investigation.
Rep. Wile Price IV, a Democrat from St. Louis, is receiving $1,000 less per month in his paycheck, as the House demands that he pay back $22,492 in costs from the ethics investigation.
Price has denied the allegations against him. He was the first House lawmaker in Missouri history to receive the official censure when he was rebuked in January. He has since been removed as a member of the Missouri House Democratic caucus.